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- Actress
Libby Skala has charmed audiences internationally with her critically-acclaimed solo shows about her indomitable relatives. "Lilia!" - about her Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated grandmother Lilia Skala, "A Time to Dance" - about her great aunt Elizabeth Polk, an award-winning dance therapy pioneer, and "Felicitas" - about her great aunt "Lizi", a tough-love Austrian baby nurse.
A Canadian-America actress, Libby is the first of two daughters born to an Austrian-born financial writer and a Canadian textile designer, in Englewood, New Jersey. Her mother gave her the nickname "Libby" after Libby Pockman Hughes, the actress-writer wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Hughes.
Young Libby Skala was a shy girl who studied piano and excelled in art, but hid to avoid doing acting exercises in her third grade class at Elizabeth Morrow School. After moving to Darien, Connecticut, Libby was reluctantly persuaded by her friend Charlotte Swazey to enroll in The Neighborhood Playhouse's Teen Division in New York, where she loved studying with Fran Anthony and decided to make acting her career.
An appreciation for the arts was innate to the Skala family and Lilia Skala firmly mentored her grandchildren. Four out of five went into artistic fields. Libby went on to earn a degree in English Literature with a Theatre Emphasis from Oberlin College, where she was nominated for an American College Theatre Festival Irene Ryan Award for her role in Janusz Glowacki's play "Cinders."
Libby's sister Emily Skala Hull studied at the School of American Ballet at Julliard, danced with New York City Ballet under the direction of George Balanchine, later with the Pennsylvania Ballet and then became a ballet teacher.
Her cousin Katri Skala founded the UK division of Women in Film, and is a screenwriter, producer and novelist. Her cousin Christopher Skala is a television writer and producer in London.
After graduating from Oberlin and attending cattle calls in New York, Libby moved to Seattle where she earned her union cards and studied with Gary Austin, founder of the Groundlings Theatre.
In 1995, Gary Austin encouraged Libby to write a one-woman show about her grandmother Lilia Skala, months after Lilia's passing. The show "Lilia!" was developed in his workshop and went on to receive rave reviews internationally. It ran successfully Off-Broadway at The Arclight Theatre, produced by Mirror Repertory Company; at The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles, presented by Gary Austin; and was performed to sold-out houses in London, Seattle, Toronto and Winnipeg, where it was selected "Best Show" out of 118 shows by University of Manitoba Radio (CJUM) at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. It received additional raves at Pacific Theatre in Vancouver; at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland; in London, sponsored by the Austrian Cultural Forum; in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia; and in Berlin and Dresden, Germany.
Libby's second show "A Time to Dance" won her a "Best Solo Performer Award" at The London Fringe Theatre Festival. She performed it at the award-winning St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival in Canada; at The New York International Fringe Festival; in Vancouver as part of Pacific Theatre's 25th anniversary season; at Fire Exit Theatre in Calgary; and in Berlin and Dresden, Germany. Her third show "Felicitas" was developed with her musician husband Steven May and debuted at The New York International Fringe Festival.
With a love for language, Libby appeared with Rosemary Harris, Marian Seldes, Elizabeth Ashley, Jayne Atkinson, Ronald Rand and David Margulies, reading from books published by The Feminist Press at The Jewish Museum of New York. Regionally, she played the role of Viola in "Twelfth Night" at the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival in Canada; and in "Value of Names" directed by Jeffrey Sweet at Theatre J in Washington, DC.
She appeared alongside Nicole Kidman in Jonathan Glazer's film Birth (2004), and in the award-winning film festival hit Dogs in the Basement aka _Unscrewed (2003).
Libby is an award-recipient of the Pandella Cultural Fund in Switzerland. Her plays "Lilia!", "A Time to Dance" and "Felicitas" continue to take her around the world.
In 2008, Libby married Steven May in the San Juan Islands, off the coast of Washington State. The couple met twelve years earlier in Seattle through mutual friends. Steven is musician and plays violin and mandolin in all kinds of musical genres, including in Libby's play "Felicitas". They live in Brooklyn, New York.
(2014) Libby is in rehearsal for "Deepest Man" at 3-Legged Dog Art + Technology Center (3LD) in New York.- Makio Inoue was born on 30 November 1938 in Yamanashi, Japan. He was an actor, known for Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Arcadia of My Youth (1982) and Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978). He died on 29 November 2019 in Chiba, Japan.
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Day O", "Jamaica Farewell"), composer, author and singer, educated at Juillard and the University of Arizona. He was a singer in night clubs and on radio and television, and wrote songs for Harry Belafonte and The Kingston Trio. He also wrote the off-Broadway stage score for "Ballad for Bimshire". Joining ASCAP in 1956, his song compositions include "Island in the Sun", "I Do Adore Her", "The Wanderer", "Dolly Dawn", "Land of the Sea and Sun", "El Matador", "The Seine", "Silver Earring", "Yesterday Was Such a Lovely Day", "Come Back Lisa", and "Angelina".- Bankboy Wayne was born on 23 December 1996. He was an actor, known for Lil Migo x Bank Boy Wayne: Smoke (2018), Bankboy Wayne: Goat (2019) and Bank Boy Wayne x Casino Jizzle: Easy (2019). He died on 29 November 2019 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
- Yasuhiro Nakasone was born on 27 May 1918 in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan. He was married to Tsutako . He died on 29 November 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Art Department
Kyle Renick was born on 24 April 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is known for Steel Magnolias (1989) and Howard (2018). He died on 29 November 2019 in the USA.- Director
- Writer
J. Ranelli was born on 1 March 1938 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. J. was a director and writer, known for Law & Order (1990), One More Spring (1992) and Camera Three (1955). J. died on 29 November 2019 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.- Additional Crew
- Music Department
- Actor
Brian Rogers was an actor, known for The Butterfly Ball (1977), Wednesday at Eight (1988) and Cannon and Ball (1979). He was married to Sandy Penson and Jani-Z. He died on 29 November 2019.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Armando Gatto is known for The Upside (2017), Prestige de la musique (1963) and Fedora (1988). He died on 29 November 2019 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Raphael Mondazzi was born on 16 December 1953 in Mercato Saraceno, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Raphael was a set decorator, known for Museum or The Marble Statue (2009). Raphael died on 29 November 2019 in Lombardore, Piedmont, Italy.
- Music Department
She was one of the first four women admitted to the Princeton University Graduate School program in composition, where she received a fellowship. Two Fulbright Scholarships took her to Paris (1958-60), where she studied composition privately with Darius Milhaud and Nadia Boulanger, who encouraged Ruth to also study Gregorian chant at the Abbey of Solesmes.
Ruth's was a multi-faceted career. She toured as a flutist with the Totenberg Instrumental Ensemble from 1951-58 and was principal flutist with the Boston Pops (1957-58). As a freelance instrumental and choral arranger, she was also an orchestrator for NBC-TV and the Lincoln Center Theater production of Annie Get Your Gun with Ethel Merman (1966) and Show Boat.
Her establishment of the Hunter College Electronic Music Studio and her involvement with the downtown music scene brought a burst of creative activity when her studies of psychoacoustics, Zen Buddhism, and her teaching intersected, sparking a number of works for tape which are truly innovative. She wrote of her work, "It has evolved from an understanding of sound as energy which affects one's state of being. [These are] pieces intended to further wholeness of self and unity with others."- Aschira was born on 28 December 1924 in Morocco. She died on 29 November 2019 in Madrid, Spain.
- Editor
- Additional Crew
Joan Kuehl was born in 1931 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Joan was an editor, known for Love or Money (1990) and Discovery '70 (1962). Joan died on 29 November 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Juan Canela was married to Felia Sánchez. He died on 29 November 2019 in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic.
- Derek Stockwell was born in Washington Court House Ohio to Creg and Cheryl Stockwell. He performed on stage throughout high school and into college. upon the completion of his schooling he moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting full time. While acting is his passion he is also a Musician and writer. While he is still early in his carrier Derek's drive and passion are clear in his work.
- Jack Merritt was born on 1 October 1994 in Cottenham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He died on 29 November 2019 in London, Greater London, England, UK.
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Anatoli Delendik was born on 4 March 1934 in Kulaki, Byelorussian SSR, USSR. Anatoli was a writer, known for Zajtra bude neskoro (1973), Neudobnyy chelovek (1985) and Volki v zone (1990). Anatoli died on 29 November 2019.- Seymour Siwoff was born on 9 November 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Gertrude Schatzberg. He died on 29 November 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.